Inadvertent selection for unwanted morphological forms during micropropagation adversely affects field performance of European rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 616, Issue , 2003, Pages 301-308

  Zhao, Yipeng ^a   Grout, Brian W W ^a   Crisp, Peter C ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Crisp Innovar Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field performance; Micropropagation; Morphological variation; Rhubarb; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844434347     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.616.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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